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We pray for patience, and our Father sends demanding people our way who test us to the limit? The way to peace and victory is to accept every circumstance and every trial as being straight from the hand of our loving Father...-LBCowman, StreamsRom5:3-5 "And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; And experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us."

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"Raised up together in Christ Jesus.- Forasmuch . . . as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil: and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage."...-Eph2:6.- Heb2:14,15...

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"Ye call Me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I Am.- Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.- Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."...-Johnl3:13: Matl:29,30.- Gal5:1...

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What does it matter if external circumstances are hard? Why should they not be! If we give way to self-pity and indulge in the luxury of misery, we banish God's riches from our own lives. Self-pity obliterates God and puts self-interest upon the throne. Our lives become craving spiritual spiritual sponges with nothing lovely or generous about them. Until we learn that 'All our fresh springs are in Him'..: Chambers, My Utmost……………2Pet1:4 "You may participate in the divine nature."

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"He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man wlio brings wicked schemes to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret--it only causes harm. For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the Lord, They shall inherit the earth."...Psalm37:6-9...

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"Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass."...-Psa37:3-5………..Whenever you feel the pressure of competition or the compulsion to perform, pause and remember the assurances of this passage...-Maxwell, Leadership Promises...

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The Bible is God's Word to us. God communicates with His people. It is the book-of-books, God's book; the Revelation of God to man...-Vince Burke……….Isa55:10 "As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is My Word that goes out from My mouth: It will not return to Me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."

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Learn It. Live It. Love it. Men don't contradict God's Word in the Bible because it contradicts itself, but because it contradicts them...-Vince Burke Mat7:24-25 "Therefore everyone who hears these Words of Mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock."

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Depression is something that almost everyone faces, to some degree, at some point. There are many external factors that contribute to it--unfulfilled expectations, personal failures, loneliness. There are physiological factors--chemical imbalances or side effects of medicine taken for another illness...-Sala, Refuge And Strength………..Psa43:5 "Why so downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God."

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Why is it so difficult toy be an encourager? The giving of encouragement runs counter to our old selfish nature. How much easier it is to point out the flaws and failures of others instead of reinforcing them with positive statements that serve as an encouragement. Backhanded comments are negative and make others feel unsure about what was really said...-Sala, Refuge……….Heb10:25 ``Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching."

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The pressure of difficult times makes us value life. Every time our life is spared and given back to us after a trial, it is like a new beginning. We better understand its value and thereby apply ourselves more effectively for God and for humankind; helping us to understand the trials of others and equipping us to sympathize with them...-Cowman, Streams…………..2Corl:8-9 "We were under great pressure, ... so that we despaired even of life. . . . But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead."

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"Let us not be desirous of vain glory.-Let nothing be done, through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.- Charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own."…-Gal5:26.-Jer45:5: Phi2:3: lCorl3:4,5...

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Using many brush strokes of sorrow, and circumstances of various colors, God paints us into the highest and best image He visualizes, if we will only receive His bitter gifts of myrrh in the right spirit. Yet when our cup of sorrows is taken away and the lessons in it are suppressed or go unheeded, we do more damage to our soul than can be repaired...-Tauler………….John18:11 "Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?

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"Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.- I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air.- Take heed unto thyself.- If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.- For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God"...-ICor9:25,26.-lTim4:16.-Gal5:25: Rom8:14...

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"My brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.- I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.- I also labour, striving according to His working, which worketh in me mightily.- We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."...-Eph6:10.-Phi4:13.-Coll:29.-2Cor4:7...

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It is indeed extremely doubtful that a person's soul can really know the love of God in its richness and in its comforting satisfying completeness until the skies are dark and threatening. Light emerges from darkness, morning is born from the womb of night; and a person's character is strengthened most during the darkest days...-Malcolm J. Mcleod……………..Psa77:6 "I remembered my songs in the night."

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The great concern of our lives is not the kingdom of God, but how we are to fit ourselves to live. Jesus reverses the rder: Get rightly related to God first, maintain that as the great care of your life, and never put the concern of your care on other things; that the great care of the life is to put the relationship to God first, and everything else second...-Chambers, My Utmost……….Mat6:33 "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."

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"I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of Thy righteousness, even of thine only.- The gospel of Christ . . . is the power of God unto salvation.- The joy of the Lord is your strength.- Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness."...-Psa71:16.-Roml:16.-Neh8:10.-Coll :11...

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Success is within the reach of just about everyone. But personal success without leadership ability brings only limited effectiveness. Leadership ability is the lid that determines a person's level of effectiveness..Maxwell, Leadership Promises………Prov29:2 "When good people run things, everyone is glad, but when the ruler is bad, everyone groans."

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He will perform the cause I hold in my hand. That makes it very real to me today. My work today-this concern that is beyond my control, this task in which I have greatly overestimated my own abilities-this is what I may cry out for Him to do for me with the calm assurance He will perform it...-Francis Havergal……….Psa57:2 "I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills His purpose for me."

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The candidate ran unopposed on the ballot and campaigned as if she had stiff opposition. In the end, she received 70percent of the vote. My point is that you will never reach 100percent of the people no matter how hard you try or how good your product is...-Seybert, Leaders……..Matl3:3-8 "As he scattered them across his field, some seeds fell on a footpath.. .Other seeds fell on hallow soil. . . Other seeds fell among thorns... Still other seeds fell on fertile soil."

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A team without vision is at worst, puposeless. At best, it is subject to the personal--and sometimes selfish--agendas of various teammates. Keep the vision before the people and remind them of the progress that is being made to achieve the vision...-Maxwell, Leadership Promises…………Prov19:18 "Where there is no vision, the people perish."

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Money? Power? Pride? BossMan? RockStar? FengShui? Superstar? Billionaire?... Strife and Severance naturally prevails when we each worship a different God. There is only one God forever and ever 'In The Unity Of The Holy Spirit'... Jesus has prayed nothing less for us than absolute oneness with Himself as He was one with the Father...-Chambers, My Utmost……….Johnl7:21 “That all of them may be one, Father, just as You are in me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us."

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There are places I'll remember, all my life/ Though some have changed/ Some forever not for better/ Some have gone) and some remain./ All these places have their moments/ Of people and things, I still can recall./ Some are dead and some are living/ In my life, I love them All...-Beatles song ………1John4:13 "Hereby know we that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He hath given us of His Spirit "

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Rather than fighting with others, it is better to struggle with yourself, and try to find ways to improve yourself... Confucius Analects……….Prov3:31,32 "Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways, for the Lord detests a perverse man but takes the upright into His confidence."

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When once we lose sight of God, we begin to be reckless, we cast off certain restraints, we cast off praying, we cast off the vision of God in little things, and begin to act on our own initiative. If we are eating what we have out of our own hand, doing things on our own initiative without expecting God to come in, we are on the downward path, we have lost the vision. Is our attitude today an attitude that springs from the vision of God? Is there a freshness and vigour in our spiritual outlook?..-Chambers, My Utmost……….Proverbs29:18 "Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint."

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Realizing that God is enough is one of the most important lessons you will ever learn. It enables you to trust His heart when you cannot see His hand...-Sala, Refuge And Strength……… Deut29:29 "The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the Words of this law."

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The river runs its course. We cannot escape moving together and affecting whatever we encounter. The collective actualization of the trip is put into jeopardy by even one person's nonbeing. A word, an act, an expressed feeling can reverberate in wide circles in the pond...-Leo Buscaglia, Personhood……….Heb12:1,2 "Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith."

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China is expected to overtake the USA as the world's largest economy in ten years. Per Survey: 45percent of its women', do not want to give up their careers to get married. And 67 percent of its millionaires say they are sacrificing health for money...-National Geographic May08 China Issue…………1Cor7:31. 2Pet313,14 "The fashion of this world passeth away.- Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent."

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Self-esteem, so cherished by a generation of educators, does not produce excellence; evil in humankind is universal. After all these years, I'm sorry to say, my recommendation is this: Forget about self-esteem and concentrate more on self-control and discipline, hard work and integrity...-Dr Roy Baumeister, Florida StateU Psychology Dept……..Rom12:3 ". . . Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgement, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you."

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In the darkest night He. is composing your song. In the valley He is tuning your voice. In the storm clouds He is deepening your range. In the rain showers He is sweetening your melody. In the cold He is giving your notes expression. And as you pass at times from hope to fear, He is perfecting the message of your lyrics...-George Matheson ……….Rev15:3b "Great and marvelous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints."